SeaRAM

Raytheon has been awarded a contract by the US Navy to upgrade its Phalanx close-in weapon system (CIWS).

Work under the $115.5m contract, which is anticipated to be completed by September 2017, involves the remanufacture, overhaul and revamp of the system.

Claimed to be an integral element of the navy’s fleet defence in-depth concept and the ship self-defence programme, Phalanx is an anti-ship missile system that protects vessels and their crews from deadly threats, including standard and guided artillery, helicopters, floating mines and a range of shore-launched, anti-ship missiles.

The Phalanx rapid-fire, computer-controlled radar, including the 20mm gun system, is capable of automatically acquiring, tracking and destroying enemy risks that have penetrated other ship defence systems.

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Currently deployed on the US Navy’s USS Independence (LCS 2) and USS Coronado (LCS 4), the SeaRAM missile aims to boost the inner-layer battlespace range of Phalanx against emerging anti-ship missiles, rotary and fixed-wing aircraft, and other threats.

"Phalanx is an anti-ship missile system that protects vessels and their crews from deadly threats."

When using improved Phalanx Block 1B sensors, the SeaRAM anti-ship missile defence system replaces the gun with an 11-round rolling airframe missile guide.

Last September, Raytheon was awarded a $136.2m US Navy contract to offer upgrades, conversions, system overhauls and related hardware for 19 MK15 Phalanx systems. This also includes the development of four SeaRAM anti-ship missile defence systems.

Raytheon has developed over 890 SeaRAM systems, which are currently used by the navies of 25 nations.


Image: The SeaRAM missile system equipped on a vessel. Photo: courtesy of the US Navy.

Defence Technology